Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities - Chapter 5 pdf

... Conservation and Degradation in a Sub- Subsistence Agricultural System: Community and Forestry in Mexico Daniel James Klooster CONTENTS Introduction Communities and Agroecosystems Community,Agriculture ,and ... Mexico City, 19 95. Hecht, S. B., Anderson, A. and May, P. The subsidy from nature: shifting cultivation, succes- sional palm forests, and rural development, Hum. Org...

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... makes clear in Chapter 5 and Mayda illustrates in Chapter 4. Unequal power, both within rural com- munities and between rural communities and outside market actors, leads to both social and environmental ... strategy. MULTIFUNCTIONALITY Interactions between agroecosystems and rural human communities change land- scapes and livelihoods, as John Soluri expla...

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... and Hutchins, R., .Food choice and the demand for food, in Food Choice and the Consumer, Marshall, D., Ed., Blackie Academic and Professional, London, 19 95, p. 43. Sabatier, P.A. and Jenkins-Smith, ... work to meet the demands of end users and translate these demands into the genetics and crop management that most closely meet them. The wife and husband team of Tracy Norcross...

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... small-scale family units uncompetitive and unviable (Suárez and Barkin, 1990). With the introduction of new genetic stock better suited to intensive feeding and factory-like reproduction and fattening, ... of rural communities, with their rich social and cultural tra- ditions that developed productive systems to ensure provision for their basic needs. In rural areas, poverty fo...

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... needed the lucrative export market for its Oklahoma operation to be prof- itable. The state-of-the-art technology providing 5- week-old “counter fresh” meat to the Japanese market brought Seaboard to ... shale and sandstone and overlying huge oilfields that flourished and eroded the area in the 1920s. The ero- sion from oil field drilling and salt water pumping made much of Hughes Co...

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... dramati- cally, going from 629,240 tons between 1980 and 1984 to 2,104,2 95 tons between 19 95 and 1997 (de Grammont et al., 1999, p. xiv). The main recipient of Mexican fresh and processed fruits and ... production have fewer than 5 hectares each and cover only 5% (5, 574,769 hectares) of the national land used for forestry and agriculture (de Grammont et al., 1999, p....

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... 1 951 . Schnieders, K., Aufpreis-Vermarktungskonzept für Streuobstprodukte als Beitrag zur Erhal- tung und Nutzung von Hochstamm-Obstwiesen im Landkreis Göttingen, Landschaft- spflegeverband Landkreis ... varieties of apples and 1 ,50 0 varieties of pears, cher- ries, walnuts, and plums in Germany (Rösler, 19 95) . To preserve this genetic mater- FIGURE 7.4 Landscape change in a rural a...

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... fragile lands of the arid and semi- arid plateau and areas of the cordillera made land management even more important than it had been previously. PERCEPTIONS OF THE LANDSCAPE Crianceros and the ... grazing lands through a new land-titling program threatens the production sys- tem and further undermines community stability. That titling has privileged large landowners. Criancero com...

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... Quilcas and Colpar, strong community organizations, sound and sustainable resource management, and infra- structure that facilitates physical and social well-being, communication, and net- working ... Amersfoort, Netherlands, 1999; and Fernandez-Baca, E. and Fernandez, M., 2000. TABLE 10.2 Desired Future Visions of Two Communities in the District of Quilcas Peru Quilcas 1996 •...

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... Halstrom, a 55 -year-old certified organic farmer, developed a working familiarity with food production early in life. He grew up on 5 acres of land, gar- dened, and participated in 4-H activities ... experience the farm, and they may also assist in harvesting pick-your-own vegetables and flowers. By doing so, they establish a direct connec- tion between the land, the food they eat...

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